The Iriga City visit is still fresh on my mind as until now I am still dreaming of eating “Kinalas”. It’s one of those things I missed in the city, a weird dish unique to Iriga. The last time I ate one was in 2004. So what is “kinalas”? It’s actually a combination of a [...]
Archive for May, 2008
A dish called “Kinalas”
Posted in Bicolano Cuisine, tagged Bicolano dish, Iriga City, Pansit Bato on May 25, 2008 | 13 Comments »
CamSur politics and the early bird politicians
Posted in Current Events, Politics, Uncategorized on May 23, 2008 | 9 Comments »
The early bird catches the worm. For this, politicians in the province of Camarines Sur are already busy alligning and re-alligning themselves as if they are the colors of the Rubik’s Cube. According to a source, a confidential political caucus was held a few days ago in the City of Legazpi to iron out political [...]
Arak (Liquor)
Posted in Arts & Literature, Tigsik o Rawit-dawit, tagged Arts and Literature, Tigsik on May 16, 2008 | 6 Comments »
TINIGSIK KO INING ARAK! NA IRALAOG KO SA TULAK, PAGNAGING IHI MAPANGHAK, DI BALI NA AKO MATIGBAK, TA DAI KO MAN PERAK. A wonderful contribution of Atty. Benjie of Bulan Observer. This actually forms part of his comments in our article on Kalunggay but I took the privilege to post this tigsik here.
Iriga City: Some waves of changes
Posted in Current Events, Economy, Places & Destinations, tagged Camarines Sur, Iriga City on May 14, 2008 | 21 Comments »
It’s been months since I last visited Iriga City and Rinconada. Dakul na man na pagbabago including new buildings as well as stores. Maski ang city hall iba na man. From San Roque, the new seat of local governance moved to Sta. Cruz. Siguro, para makaiwas na sa baha. Medyo hababa kaya an sentro kan [...]
Insights on poverty from the PAP Blog
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged poverty on May 6, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The P.A.P. (Politics, Arts and Philosophy) Blog has an interesting post on poverty. Filipspagnoli, the author, discusses its types, the ways of measurement, and causes. In brief, the author said that the three types are: Type A or the insufficiency to meet the basic needs, Type B or relative poverty, and Type C or that [...]






